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so we're going to deliver cuyahoga county to you too. >> i need it in a big way, all right? come on you, you guys, you got to come through. >> he had a sense of humor, but he'll need more than just cuyahoga county to turn those poll numbers around. peter hamby joins me now. i know you had a chance to talk to strategists. what did they tell you? >> most republicans in ohio don't think the situation is that dire yet. they do acknowledge both inside the campaign and outside that they are losing and the main reason that the republicans in ohio point to is that romney doesn't really have a cohesive message and said this is why you should throw barack obama out and install me as president. the key issue is the bailout of chrysler and general motors that the president pushed through. they say romney hasn't been able to come up with a consistent answer to this and the obama campaign has been hammering on this. one republican i talked to put it very bluntly, a senior republican in ohio said that obama's advantage on the auto bailout is quote a kick in the balls for the romney campaig
so we're going to deliver cuyahoga county to you too. >> i need it in a big way, all right? come on you, you guys, you got to come through. >> he had a sense of humor, but he'll need more than just cuyahoga county to turn those poll numbers around. peter hamby joins me now. i know you had a chance to talk to strategists. what did they tell you? >> most republicans in ohio don't think the situation is that dire yet. they do acknowledge both inside the campaign and outside that...
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there have sew many democratic votes in cuyahoga county, barack obama won 70-30 in cuyahoga county alone. the strategy in romney's team drive up the numbers in lake county and offset a clear advantage for barack obama in the southwest city of cleveland and cuyahoga county. you do the quiz on with o'reilly on thursday nights. we know this no republican has won the white house without what? bill: ohio. bill: how many electoral votes? 18. critical, critical stuff. bill: this is easier than the o'reilly quiz. we'll work on it. bill: we'll work in a bill o'reilly answer on that too eventually. bill: no alcatraz questions. bill: great call by the way. what was the question? bill: al capone. bill: al capone. circle gets the square. bill: back to the serious news of this morning that we are continuing to stay on for you as violent riots rage near the u.s. embassy if cairo. we'll have latest pictures. meanwhile this picture of white house where they're trying to clear up questions raised by president obama wrartz to egypt. is the middle east nation an ally of the united states or not? bill: later
there have sew many democratic votes in cuyahoga county, barack obama won 70-30 in cuyahoga county alone. the strategy in romney's team drive up the numbers in lake county and offset a clear advantage for barack obama in the southwest city of cleveland and cuyahoga county. you do the quiz on with o'reilly on thursday nights. we know this no republican has won the white house without what? bill: ohio. bill: how many electoral votes? 18. critical, critical stuff. bill: this is easier than the...
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cuyahoga, hamilton and franklin county. >> it shows the democratic voter registration declined in eight key states outnumbers the republican decline by a 10 the 1 more gin. florida, democratic registration is down 4.9%. in iowa, down 9.5%. in new hampshire, down 19.7%. >> it's understandable that enthusiasm is going to wane a little bit from the historic moment. you can only elect the first african-american president of this country once. >> dip in registration framed by some as the interrupt of republican efforts to suppress the vote. accusation which ohio's secretary of state cat gori goricly -- categorically rejects. >> it has to do with integrity. they can't point to a voter removed from the rolls. >> the study show the democrat lossset by gain in independent voters. >> there are half a million more independents now than there were just four years ago. >> but it's difficult to draw conclusions about how independents lean. in the words of the third way study author independents are "not a stable voting bloc at all." which makes pollsters' attempts to predict their thinking difficult.
cuyahoga, hamilton and franklin county. >> it shows the democratic voter registration declined in eight key states outnumbers the republican decline by a 10 the 1 more gin. florida, democratic registration is down 4.9%. in iowa, down 9.5%. in new hampshire, down 19.7%. >> it's understandable that enthusiasm is going to wane a little bit from the historic moment. you can only elect the first african-american president of this country once. >> dip in registration framed by some...
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according to data "the war room" compiled today cuyahoga county where cleveland is has about 288,000 independent voters. denver county has about 101,000 independent voters and there are 132,000 around las vegas in clark county, nevada. nationwide campaigns just might have to go after those independent voters. today, abc news and "the washington post" released more data from their latest poll and 26% of independents are still "persuadable" compared to 21% of republicans and 15% of democrats. for analysis and perspective on who these independent voters are and how they can be persuaded over the next seven weeks, we'll turn to washington, one of our favorite democratic mark mellman. he's ceo of the mellman group. mark, so great to have you back inside of "the war room." >> always a pleasure. thank you. >> jennifer: all right. so how are the remaining persuadable, independent voters shaping the campaign at this point? >> well, really, that's the important group to which both campaigns are trying to pitch their message. there's really two objectives that both campaigns have. one is to tur
according to data "the war room" compiled today cuyahoga county where cleveland is has about 288,000 independent voters. denver county has about 101,000 independent voters and there are 132,000 around las vegas in clark county, nevada. nationwide campaigns just might have to go after those independent voters. today, abc news and "the washington post" released more data from their latest poll and 26% of independents are still "persuadable" compared to 21% of...
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. >> it absolutely -- in cuyahoga county, for example, 56% of african-american voters in my county voted early in person where they only make up 26% of the voting population. it is on record. we have the data in urban counties across this state, how african-americans use early voting and for the secretary of state to turn a blind eye to that data, for him to turn a blind eye to the class implications on this, that folks who work two and three jobs just to make ends meet will not have the same access to the ballot as they had in 2008. make no mistake about it. folks in the state of ohio will have less access to the ballot in 2012 than they did in 2008. again, it is a guise. when shakespeare says a rose by any other name is still a rose, voter suppression by any other name is still voter suppression. >> what's your view on the organization, true the vote? last month they held a meeting in columbus about ways to combat voter fraud. at the meeting, the group's senior adviser is quoted by "the new york times" accusing voter registration groups of perpetrating fraud. he said, quote, when anybo
. >> it absolutely -- in cuyahoga county, for example, 56% of african-american voters in my county voted early in person where they only make up 26% of the voting population. it is on record. we have the data in urban counties across this state, how african-americans use early voting and for the secretary of state to turn a blind eye to that data, for him to turn a blind eye to the class implications on this, that folks who work two and three jobs just to make ends meet will not have the...
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>> victor, for example in my county the largest county in the state of ohio, cuyahoga county. in 2008, african-americans voted 56% early and in person although they only make up 26% of the voting population. we know by the data african-americans tend to vote early and they tend to vote in person. not only does what the attorney general and the secretary of state not only what they're doing does it have an impact on african-americans, it has an impact on poor folks, too. they are restricting -- the secretary of state is restricting the number of hours folks can vote. he has fired boards of election members who have dared to say we are going to stand up for the voters in the state of ohio. it is crystal clear what is going on. although there may not be barking dogs to see or a literacy test or poll tax, what they are doing is just the same, the 21st century version of voter suppression in the state of ohio and other states across this country. the brennan center in new york said in 2011 over 180 measures, bills were introduced in legislatures across this country. this is no surp
>> victor, for example in my county the largest county in the state of ohio, cuyahoga county. in 2008, african-americans voted 56% early and in person although they only make up 26% of the voting population. we know by the data african-americans tend to vote early and they tend to vote in person. not only does what the attorney general and the secretary of state not only what they're doing does it have an impact on african-americans, it has an impact on poor folks, too. they are...
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we know in places like in ohio, 56% of the early votes that were cast in cuyahoga county where cleveland is, were african-american. in both ohio and florida, this is where you have the souls to the polls program. where african-americans went down to the polls after church and voted in unity. two states have decided we have to cut off early voting opportunities. but ohio decides to be recalcitrant. the secretary of state is like i'm not listening to that court. obama for america after filed for that case, and they didn't want to listen. so the judge pulled them up. >> i want to play a little history here. ohio is having the battle around early voting. pennsylvania with the i.d. i want to listen for a moment to -- to congressman john lewis, who spoke about what it took to get voting rights in this country, and it's such a powerful moment, from the dnc, talking with msnbc's own andrea mitchell, take a listen. >> i would never forget the three young men in mississippi african-americans, they died by trying to encourage other people to become registered, and it would be an affront for what th
we know in places like in ohio, 56% of the early votes that were cast in cuyahoga county where cleveland is, were african-american. in both ohio and florida, this is where you have the souls to the polls program. where african-americans went down to the polls after church and voted in unity. two states have decided we have to cut off early voting opportunities. but ohio decides to be recalcitrant. the secretary of state is like i'm not listening to that court. obama for america after filed for...
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as democrats lead cuyahoga county and the southeast, they must have the southwest corner to win the state. host: give us the larger sense of politics in ohio and what they face in the ground game? >> i attended both conventions, reported from both. what fascinated me in tampa the republican stratevists say they'll go after the undecided voters in the state. there's probably, steve, about 5%, truly, of ohioans that are quote-unquote undecided. republicans are trying to spend heavily to get them because they believe the undecided voter in this election cycle, if they're not with president obama already they probably aren't going to be with him. the flip side of that in charlotte, the democrats privately began to say they are less concerned winning over those undecided vorts and now they want to get out their base. they believe if they can do what they did last year in senate bill 5 which was a very controversial issue, if they can get out the same vote they did to repeal that very controversial anti-union bill, they did that with 61% of the vote last november, if they can do that again, tha
as democrats lead cuyahoga county and the southeast, they must have the southwest corner to win the state. host: give us the larger sense of politics in ohio and what they face in the ground game? >> i attended both conventions, reported from both. what fascinated me in tampa the republican stratevists say they'll go after the undecided voters in the state. there's probably, steve, about 5%, truly, of ohioans that are quote-unquote undecided. republicans are trying to spend heavily to get...
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once more, 44% of that reduction is in cuyahoga county, that is cleveland and surrounding areas that is heavily democratic area. in 2008, 68.5% of the registered were democrats. 30.44% were republican. voter registration is down especially for democrats in many other states. according to an august study done by left-leaning think-tank, third way, democrats and republicans, in colorado, democrats are up 3 points. up five points for republicans but up 12 points for independents. in florida, down almost five percentage points for democrats but up for republicans by half a point. up eight points for independents. in iowa down nine points for democrats up six points for republicans. down minus three for independents. it goes on and on. one ohio democratic activist suggested these numbers reflect some attempt at voter suppression, an accusation that the republican ohio secretary of state categorically rejects. >> well, that is kind of a silly notion that removing deceased people and duplicates records from the rolls has anything to do with voter suppression. it has to do with voter integri
once more, 44% of that reduction is in cuyahoga county, that is cleveland and surrounding areas that is heavily democratic area. in 2008, 68.5% of the registered were democrats. 30.44% were republican. voter registration is down especially for democrats in many other states. according to an august study done by left-leaning think-tank, third way, democrats and republicans, in colorado, democrats are up 3 points. up five points for republicans but up 12 points for independents. in florida, down...